Means for raising up skittles from the stands of players.



No. 664,887. Patented Ian. I, mm.

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MEANS FOR RAISING UP SKITT LES FROM THE STANDS 0F PLAYERS. (Appliiation filed In. 23, 1900.) (No Model.)

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iJNTTnn STATES PATENT QFFICE.

CARL NEUMANN, OF HANOVER, GERMANY.

MEANS FOR RAISING UP SKITTLES FROM THE STANDS 0F PLAYERS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 664,887, dated January 1, 1901.

Application filed March 23,1900. berial No. 9,971. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL NEUMANN, engineer, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at No. 21 Vahremvalderstrasse, Hanover, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Means for Raising Up Skittles from the Stands of Players, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improved means for mechanically raising up skittles from the stand of the player, its objects being to insure the proper position of the skittles when raised up, to simplify and cheapen the construction, and to render more efficien t, durable, and serviceable in operation this class of devices.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the peculiar combination and in the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

Referring to the annexed drawings, Figure 1 shows an elevation of the device, the skittles being illustrated in their raised-up position. Fig. 2 is alateral elevation of Fig. 1 as seen from the right. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 show details of construction on an enlarged scale.

The vertical standard or frame a carries on a shaft Z) a rope-drum c and a drum (1 for the skittle-cords. The rope-drum c isin connection with a rope-drum f at the player-stand by means of a rope e, running over both. One end of said rope e is fastened to the drum c.- The other is secured in the groove in the rim of the drum f, said drum being provided with a weighted arm g. The vertical standard or frame a further carries beneath the drums c and d a guide-plate h, movable up and down, which is in connection with the drum (1 by means of the hoop 7 and the rope 7a or in any other suitable manner, said rope 75 being suitably led over a shaft Z, mounted in the standard a, parallel with the shaft 5, but beneath and at the rear of same. The lower face of the guide-plate h is provided with re-- cesses m, corresponding in number and shape with the number of skittles and the configuration of the heads of the latter, respectively. Guide-holes n for the cords 0, provided vertically in the body of the plate h, communicate with the recesses m. The cords 0, secured in any suitable manner to the heads of the skittles 27, pass through the recesses m and the guide-holes n to the studs q, provided at either side of the drum d, Where they are adjustably secured in any suitable and desired manner similar to the cords of string instruments, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 5.

My improved device for raising up skittles operates in the following manner: When the skittles p are knocked down by the ball, by raising the weight g the rope-drum fand the drum 0 are turned by virtue of the rope 6 running over both, which causes the guideplate h to move downward in the frame a, while simultaneously the cords 0, secured to the studs 9 on the drum d and to the heads of the skittles p, raise the latter up, pulling them into the recesses m in the lower face of the guide-plate 71.. On releasing the weight g bythe agency of the drum f, the rope e. and the drum 0 the shaft b, and with it the drum d, are turned back again to their former position, so that the skittles p are deposited standing upright on their proper places,w11ereupon the guide-plate 7t assumes its original position, as illustrated in Fig. 1, the cords 0 slackening sufficiently to enable the skittles p to be knocked down again.

It is obvious that the dimensions of the three drums f, c, and d must be suitably chosen, in connection with the length of the cords 0, to insure proper Working of the device, for which purpose the cords can be adjusted by turning the studs q.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device for raising up skittles mechanically from a distance in combination a drum f, a counterweight g secured thereto, and adapted to be lifted by hand to turn the aforesaid drumf, a rope e secured to the drum fand to a drum 0 at the skittle-stand, so as to permit a limited rotation of the two drums, said drum 0 mounted on a shaft b journaled in the standards a, asecond drum d of larger diameter mounted on the shaft b, a reciprocating guide-plate h adapted to move up and down in the standards a, said guide-plate litted with recesses m and guide-holesn in accordance with the number of skittles employed, means for reciprocating the guideplate h from the drum d, and cords attached to the heads of the skittles and passed through the holes in the guide-plate h attached to the drum d in such a manner that the turning of said drum causes the guide-plate h to descend when the skittle-cords 0 are wound up, so that the skittle-heads enter the recessesm in the guide-plate and the skittles are adapted to be deposited standing upright on their respective places when the drum d turns in the reverse direction, substantially as described and shown.

2. In a device for raising up skittles mechanically from a distance in combination with the drum (1 means for varying the length of the skittle-cords consisting in a pair of upper extremities of the skittle-cords, sub

stantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL NEUMIANN.

Witnesses:

MAX GUMPEL,- JAY WHITE. 

